Bikram Vaskar

This company knew what it was doing. Took money from customers months in advance. Made money on that parked money. Cancelled flights exactly during Putin's visit when PMO will be busy. But heard ran its international code share flights with Turkish airlines. Created issues to steal the spotlight from the Russian president's state visit in Indian media. Harassed the govt during this Russian visit which the west and the DS, that run the war in Ukraine, don't like. By creating a public issue by keeping customers hostage at airport saying "flight delayed" for a day or more. And takes more time to refund money after confirming the cancellation. Increased prices drastically for the small number of domestic flights it operates. It arm twisted the govt to roll back safety rules benefitting passengers and airline crews by creating an immediate crisis. There was also a coordinated mass psyops campaign that made everyone blame the govt and dgca for everything this airline did. People who don't even know what the issue was about are doing this automatically. Not blaming the people who think thus. But won't blame the govt too much on this. It seems a well planned hit job. Once Putin visit is over, I hope the PMO, HMO, and concerned ministries take strict action on the airline and its promoters. End its Turkish airlines code share. And make it fire its foreign CEO. Then take the owners to task. Break the airline into three. Like the US broke Bell AT&T telecom company. That is the best way to deal with this. Also be prepared for and preempt any sabotage that brings down another plane to blame it on "pilot error" again and then on DGCA relaxed rules to pin the GoI.